Did you notice the VALOUR-IT button to your right? Yep, it’s that time of year to help Soldiers’ Angels to buy voice-controlled laptops for wounded warriors;

WHAT IS PROJECT VALOUR-IT?
Project Valour-IT, in memory of SFC William V. Ziegenfuss, helps provide voice-controlled/adaptive laptop computers and other technology to support Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand wounds and other severe injuries. Technology supplied includes:

Voice-controlled Laptops – Operated by speaking into a microphone or using other adaptive technologies, they allow the wounded to maintain connections with the rest of the world during recovery.

Wii Video Game Systems – Whole-body game systems increase motivation and speed recovery when used under the guidance of physical therapists in therapy sessions (donated only to medical facilities).

The experience of Major Chuck Ziegenfuss, a partner in the project who suffered serious hand wounds while serving in Iraq, led to the creation of this program that has used voice-controlled laptops to the support recovery and reintegration of thousands of wounded troops since 2005.

“At that time I had no use of either hand. I know how humbling it is, how humiliating it feels. And I know how much better I felt, how amazingly more functional I felt, after Soldiers’ Angels provided me with a laptop and a loyal reader provided me with the software. I can’t wait to do the same, to give that feeling to another soldier at Walter Reed.” – Captain Chuck Ziegenfuss

HOW YOU CAN HELP!
This is our chance to give back to our wounded warriors – give them something that will help them heal and connect with family, friends, and their comrades back in the combat zones.

You can help by donating and spreading the word about Valour-IT and Soldiers’ Angels.

So I’ll end this by saying thank you to all of you (small spheres of influence) who have helped these amazing American men and women.

If you can’t pick up a rifle, then please help our warriors.

Thank you!

SO click the link at the top of the right side bar. It was a fairly painless process. The Marines win every year, for some reason – there’s fewer of them. I guess it’s because Army guys are supporting all of those ex-wives.